The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-05-04


chased two large lots at the intersection OF
G>wcnty-tirSt street and Connecticut avenue,
Washington. for $l5. 800 and will build q
fine residence on the ground at once.
\ Fort Monroe, Va, dispatch says that
Private Nintieid S Miller, Company q.
:jth artillery. was drowned While returning
from the Soldiers Home Theatre. His
body was recovered.
Sir Edward Thornton and party have
arrived in Richmond. and made the ac-
ouaintance OF the members Of the commls-
sion appointed by the Virginia Legislature
The Joint commission is now in session.
It is fortunate that the war horses OF
famous soldiers are dying oil so last. 1t
would have been onlya question OF TINE
when some Congressman would introduce
a Bill 10 pension them.-P&:s. IIWe<.
i dispatch from Cookton, Australia, az
nources that The steamer Benton, from
Singapore. was sunk in a collision with
bark off the Island of FormoSa. and tina;
80 persons were drowned. No Europeans
were lost.
The Denver Labor Assembly No. 50 {,
Knights of Labor. adopted l resolution
cea>ur;ng President Cleveland because oi
his action il ordering troops 10 Dakota to
cv:ct settlers on the Crow and Winncb2go
agencies.
The anti-Shcrman men at Washington all
claim 10 think that the OHIO leaders South,
era trip was taken too early il the canvass
It wou!d have pleased them bettcrit he had
rot gone before the spring Of 50.
Lieutenant Governor Riddle, Secretary
of State Allen ard State Auditor Mccarthy,
of the Kansas board Of railroad assessors,
were injured ard narrowly escaped death
by the wreck Of Il train on which they were
riding.
Eight ''scaD' patterns were put into the
sand at each OF the three stone factories OF
Detroit Wednesday morning, and the men
went to work upon them without protest.
More of the ST Louis patterns have beea
received.
4 c&lf jerked the props from under a
scaifold on which three men were at work
:? 3iansfeid county, H., Wednesday. J.
{, Burns. q wealthy farmer, who WAS on
the scafTold, was killed and one workman
fatally hurt.
". P. Fowler and Mr.. S;ivcrs. rector OF
the Episcopal Church. had a difficulty 3!
Grenada, Miss, in which Stivers was NOR
tally wounded. The cause Of the trouble
has not beeu ascertained. but Stivers says
that Fowler's act was justitable.
4 resolution was introduced in the West
Virginia Senate Wednesday to provide for
the Settlement of Il claim of Virginia against
West Virginia for IS, COO 900 as the latter 5
share of the State of Virginia at the time
the State of West Virginia was created.
II the income of 81 railways is decreased
in one week, through the Inter State Com
mercc law, the sum of $lGG, 600, how much
will be the decrease for u year of the earn
in.s OF the 1900 railway companies 81 tue
United States? Respectfully referred 10
Senator Reagan for an answer.
Jacob Sharp, of New York Broadway
surface railroad no;oriety. was ce':ed IL the
Court Of Oyer and Terminer loi ::iial or
the indictment for bribery, on p counts.
The Gefendent was not ready, and the case
was set for trial May 11ih.
An east-bound freight train on tue Al
lau;ic and Pacific railway fell through I
partially burned bridge over the Arroyo OF
Canon Padre, and the fireman went down
vito the wreck Of - cars and was crashed
and burned beyond recognition.
The acting-comptroller of the currency
has authorized the following hanks % be-
gin business: Birmingham Maj onal Bank.
Of Birmingham, Ala, capita $239, coo:
Merchants National Bank, Of Tuscaloosa,
Fla, capital 100000.
J., 1IpI
| al Cambridge Jail. after an Illness Of several
DAYS lie was awaiting trial for roo6log
and deSerting Cambridge lady Immediate
" after marriage Other charges Of a sim
liar nature were accommodating against h.ni
rapidly.
Acting Secretary Thompson has appoint
ed James II. Wheeler Of Virginia, watch
| man at the Treasury Department. Nheeitr
is the man who was so badly injured At
Richmond, Va, last year by the premature
discharge Of cannon while triEg salute
in honor of the visit of President Cleveland,
The Bolton Dyeing, Printing and Bleach
ing Company'S mills at EronXviilc, y. \,
took IRE Wednesday morning aad. after
burning fiercelya short time, Were scattered
! TO the four winds BY a series OF explosions,
which shook the neighborhood Ike earth
duakes. The mills were totally demolished.
| Loss, $3.50, 600.
4 special dispatch from the City Of Mex
;co triumphartIy announces the discovery
of the seven lost Mexican bonanza mines
by an American party Of prospec:ors. Nov,
elistS speak of the fabulous wealth c5tained
from these mines by the Spaaiards. They
! were worked up to the middle Of The last
century.
New that 50 many railroad companies
nave undertaken 70 serve the Interests OF
passengers by substituting steam-he2iln&
apparatus for stoves IL caTS. they should
also strive 10 save the lives OF Il e;r em-
ploycs by discovering and using some KIND
OF coupler that will not Kill those who op-
er&;a is.--N I. Times.
Report cou2s from Cincinnati that the
, aational association CT diSiilers anC whole
sale liquor dealers has taken aiar:l at the
! LOOK of things in Texas ard IS going to send
big sum of money down there for the
anti prohibition campaign chest. Tha;sort
of assistance from outside has been known
before nov 10 hurt more inan Il helped.
4 local option election was held in lIar
risonburg. Va, Ncnaa:, IN four Of the
five districts in the county: HaT-isonbnrs
district gave PA prohibition majority,
Ashley district about 900 and the other two
districts are Claimed 5y tie ProhibiuoHists
by small majcritics. Every;Ling passed OF
quietly.
An important meeting OF lumber manu-
faf-r-erS was held in Montgomery veStcr-